Talk:Lord High Steward of Scotland

Untitled
It would appear that up until the 1300s the family spelt their surname Steward. David Lauder 17:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Prince of Wales?
Given that this is a Scottish title, it would seem to me that Duke of Rothesay should be used to identify the holder, rather than Prince of Wales. After all, when the current Prince of Wales visits Scotland with his wife, they are referred to as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, rather than The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. So I think the "holders" list should be revised to replace "Prince of Wales" with "Duke of Rothesay" Simhedges (talk) 15:48, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Part of the problem is that between 1603 and the mid 19th century "Duke of Rothesay" seems to have been overlooked in successive heirs' styles - see that page for more. (Perhaps because hardly any heir apparents seem to have set foot in Scotland in the period.) It would be anachronistic to apply the title to them if they never used it. Timrollpickering (talk) 13:05, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Charles James Stewart, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay
Successor of Charles I of England to the title of High Steward of Scotland is called in this article "Charles James Stewart, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay", and the link is red, meaning there is no article of him, however Charles I of England had a son who reigned Britain as Charles II of England who is called in this article "Charles, Prince of Wales", who was this Charles James Stewart who held the title after Charles I before Charles II was born? Ape89 (talk) 21:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

meaning and precedence of the title
what is the meaning and precedence of the title? Did it go along with certain privileges and duties? 67.176.160.47 (talk) 20:42, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

"Great Steward" and "High Steward"
Does anyone know when the Stewards started to become known as "Great Steward" or "High Steward"? G. W. S. Barrow notes that Walter son of Alan (d. 1177) became dapifer to David I; Alan son of Walter (d. 1204) was dapifer to William the Lion; Walter son of Alan (d. 1241) was senescallus. Barrow notes that during the time of Walter's son, Alexander of Dundonald (d. 1282), the the office-bearers became known as senescallus Scotie ("stewart of Scotland") rather than dapifer regis Scotie ("steward of the king of Scotland"). I'm not sure about the later Stewards. Does anyone know?--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 06:26, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

What were the duties and powers of the Steward?
The article doesn't even begin to address that subject. Richard75 (talk) 11:49, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Run-on sentence needs help
Someone who knows their history better than I can probably parse this run-on sentence into multiple sentences that I might be able to understand:


 * A junior branch of the Stewart family descended from the younger son of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland (d.1283), namely "Stewart of Darnley", paternal ancestors of King James I & VI, lived for several generations in France, when the name became spelt in the French manner "Stuart" and "Dernelé".[2]

Frappyjohn (talk) 03:31, 22 September 2020 (UTC)